Crystal is Navajo and Tewa and is originally from Tsaile, Arizona on the Navajo Reservation. She earned a degree in History at Brigham Young University. While there, she nurtured her love for history and learned more about Native American history and cultures. Crystal has been beading for over 16 years and has gained a passion for creating beautiful things. She finds purpose in contributing to the preservation of Native American cultures through her art.

Crystal grew up traveling around to different Nations, and saw so much positivity in the beautiful things each tribe offers–every tribe is talented in something. Traveling around to see the variety of tribal art (weaving, beading, pottery, silversmith-ing, basket-making, etc.) continues to impact her art today.

Her presentations include a slideshow of visuals as well as physical examples of artwork significant to Native American tribes, and can include a demonstration of beadwork. While Crystal would like to reserve teaching the art of moccasin-making for Native students only, she is happy to show her art and demonstrate her beadwork with all students and teachers through her presentations. Crystal would love others to know that Native American people are alive and thriving today. Through her art, she wants to contribute to that learning and the understanding that Native people are here, and they have a future here with meaningful contributions. She hopes to enable teachers to teach appropriate information about Native American cultures today.